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The molecule, yes — and we'll never pretend otherwise; the label is public. What the $13 bottle doesn't come with: the right form at the right dose (many cheap bottles are the laxative form, or a form that's rough on your stomach), the week-before protocol timed to your cycle, the Week-Before Reminders on the 3-Cycle pack that make you actually take it during the week that matters, and a 90-day guarantee from a brand built around this one problem. You're not buying a mineral. You're buying the system that makes the mineral land on the right week — with your money back if it doesn't.

Because they treat different halves of a two-part problem. Midol's bloat ingredient is a diuretic — water only. Enzymes digest food — food bloat only. Magnesium is the one mineral involved on both sides: fluid balance and keeping digestion moving. That gap has a name — the half-treated bloat — and it's the gap everything you tried left open.*

No — and that's the point. Fat and bloat are different problems: fat doesn't arrive overnight and leave by week two. Ebb supports normal fluid balance and digestion around your cycle* — it does nothing to body fat. Any product that promises to handle both is lying about one of them.

Honestly: this works on cycle time, not clock time. Ebb supports normal fluid balance and digestion through the week-before* — the kind of change you compare across cycles, not hours — and in the published research, the difference vs placebo showed in the second cycle. If a product in this category promises tonight, it's a laxative or a diuretic wearing a wellness label. Our guarantee covers three full cycles precisely so you never have to take our word for it.

Citrate is the laxative form — it "works" by pulling water into your bowel, which is the last thing you need that week. Glycinate is magnesium bound to glycine: gentle on the stomach, easy to absorb, no laxative effect — the only form that makes sense to take nightly through your whole cycle.

That's what the protocol is built for — it keys off your expected period, not a perfect 28-day clock. Start when your body's signals (or your tracking app) say you're about a week out; and if the week surprises you, start the night you notice — Ebb is gentle enough for any day of the month. On the 3-Cycle plan, the Week-Before Reminders adjust with whatever dates you give us.

Magnesium glycinate is one of the most-taken, best-tolerated supplements there is, and Ebb is made in an FDA-registered US facility. With other supplements, one honest check: read your other labels so you're not doubling up on magnesium a multivitamin already gives you. And if you're pregnant, nursing, under 18, on medication, or have a medical condition — ask your physician first. That's not legal boilerplate; it's the correct order of operations.

No trap, by design: it's opt-in only (never pre-ticked), the next ship date is always visible in your account, and skip or cancel is one click — no chat window, no phone call, no "retention specialist." We'd rather earn the reorder with your third cycle than trap it with a checkbox.

Buy Ebb, use it through up to 90 days. If your week-before hasn't changed, email support@hidryte.com — one line, no questionnaire — and we refund the full price. You keep the bottles. We can offer that because the window matches the mechanism: three cycles is a real test, and we're betting Ebb passes it.

From our US fulfillment center. Orders typically ship within 2 business days and arrive in about 3–7 business days. (We can't currently ship to Alaska or Hawaii — sorry.) Free shipping on the 3-Cycle plan; $4.95 on single bottles.

No. Anyone reading the front of the bottle learns exactly one thing: you take a mineral. The week-before is your business — the label keeps it that way.